Public Order Act 1986

Public Order Act 1986^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to abolish the common law offences of riot, rout, unlawful assembly and affray and certain statutory offences relating to public order; to create new offences relating to public order.
Citation	1986 c. 64
Introduced by	Douglas Hurd
Territorial extent	England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	7 November 1986
Commencement	1 April 1987[citation needed]
Other legislation
Amended by	Football Spectators Act 1989, Broadcasting Act 1990, Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006, Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, Crime and Courts Act 2013
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a number of public order offences. They replace similar common law offences and parts of the Public Order Act 1936. It implements recommendations^[2] of the Law Commission.